HB1427 - Relating to prohibiting the denial of public benefits for students enrolled in a private school operated by a religious organization or providing religious instruction.

  89R5869 AND-D     By: Schatzline H.B. No. 1427       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to prohibiting the denial of public benefits for students   enrolled in a private school operated by a religious organization   or providing religious instruction.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 1, Education Code, is amended by adding   Section 1.0021 to read as follows:           Sec.   1.0021.     DENIAL OF PUBLIC BENEFIT PROHIBITED. (a) In   this section, "private school" has the meaning assigned by Section   5.001.           (b)     Notwithstanding any provision of state or federal law to   the contrary and in accordance with Carson v. Makin , 142 S. Ct. 1987   (2022), a public benefit provided under Title 2 of this code that is   made available to a student enrolled in a private school may not be   denied by the state, a political subdivision of the state, a state   agency, or any educational institution solely because that private   school is operated by a religious institution or otherwise provides   a religious curriculum or a religion-based course of instruction.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.